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Ch 17 Set 1
Test Description: Ch 17 set 1
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1) Daniel Ortega was
A
a leader of Contra forces in El Salvador.
B
a U.S.-supported Nicaraguan dictator.
C
a U.S.-supported El Salvadoran dictator.
D
a Sandinista leader in Nicaragua.
2) During the Cold War, most Third World countries could have been accurately described as being
A
located in Eastern Europe.
B
developing nations.
C
aligned with the United States.
D
established democracies.
3) During the Cold War, one of the nonaligned nations was
A
Japan.
B
Poland.
C
Cuba.
D
India.
4) During the Cultural Revolution, who were the new heroes of China?
A
peasants who worked with their hands
B
intellectuals who worked with their mind
C
commune leaders who directed the work of others
D
artists who worked with their creativity
5) During the war in Korea, what did President Truman and Douglas MacArthur disagree strongly about?
A
whether to attempt to cross the 38th parallel
B
whether China posed a threat to South Korea
C
the use of nuclear weapons
D
American involvement
6) How did Brezhnev's leadership of the Soviet Union differ from that of Khrushchev?
A
Brezhnev's policies were not as strongly felt on Eastern Europe as Khrushchev's.
B
Brezhnev repressed dissent at home and abroad more than Khrushchev had.
C
Khrushchev repressed dissent at home and abroad more than Brezhnev had.
D
Khrushchev's policies were more directed toward Cuba than Brezhnev's had been.
7) How did the Bay of Pigs failure lead to the Cuban missile crisis?
A
Khrushchev believed the United States was too weak to oppose Soviet expansion into Cuba.
B
Castro protested his country's being used as a tool for the Cold War and asked Khrushchev to intervene.
C
The Bay of Pigs troops were used to build the missile bases.
D
Kennedy announced a blockade of Cuba as a result of the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion.
8) How did the Cold War cause a change in U.S. policy toward Nicaragua?
A
The United States built a nuclear base there to deter Communists.
B
The failed Bay of Pigs invasion ended U.S. military aid to Nicaragua.
C
The Contra rebels in Nicaragua got help from the Soviets, and the U.S. intervened on behalf of the ruling Sandinistas.
D
The United States initially helped the Sandinistas but switched to the Contras when the Sandinistas became Communist.
9) In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded
A
Cuba.
B
China.
C
Iraq.
D
Afghanistan.
10) In the 1940s and 1950s, what did the region described as being behind the iron curtain include?
A
German Democratic Republic, or East Germany
B
democratic nations of Western Europe
C
Soviet Union only
D
Soviet Union and its satellite nations
11) In the summer of 1968, forces from Warsaw Pact nations invaded
A
Afghanistan.
B
China.
C
Czechoslovakia.
D
Hungary.
12) In what way did the existence of two Chinas intensify the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union?
A
All of these.
B
The United States and the Soviet Union fought to enlarge their spheres of influence in Asia, creating a divided Korea.
C
The United States actively supported the Republic of China, and the Soviets did the same for the People's Republic of China.
D
The People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union pledged to defend each other should the need arise.
13) Islamic revolutionaries held more than 60 Americans hostage for over a year in
A
Turkey.
B
Iran.
C
Afghanistan.
D
Iraq.
14) John F. Kennedy's immediate successor as U.S. president was
A
Ronald Reagan.
B
Lyndon Johnson.
C
Jimmy Carter.
D
Richard Nixon.
15) Mao's Great Leap Forward program
A
was an astounding failure, resulting in millions of deaths and a move backward industrially.
B
resulted in a victory in the Korean War.
C
brought China into the modern era.
D
was the cause of the Soviet-China split.
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